Jensen Beach man wins Hemingway look-alike contest

A white-bearded, 64-year-old Florida man has won the annual Ernest Hemingway look-alike competition at a Florida Keys bar frequented by the author.

Matt Gineo of Jensen Beach, dressed in a wool fisherman's sweater to emulate photographer Yousuf Karsh's famous portrait of Hemingway, bested 120 other entrants after an unprecedented tie-breaker vote. It was Gineo's 12th try.

"This was something that I had in my heart to do, but I didn't know how many years it would take," Gineo said.

Gineo, a biomedical engineer, said he shares Hemingway's fondness for sport fishing and writing.